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erin burnett is there for us standing in the middle of it all. it's gone up even further, i can see, from when i last spoke to you. bring me up to speed. >> reporter: yes, it has. i'll just walk back into it. we're at about just shy, we may have touched 14 feet. 13.88 feet was the last i saw for the total height as i told you before, that is a record. the prior record, just over ten feet set back in 1960 during hurricane donna. literally where i'm standing right now is actually an island. battery park is at the lower part of manhattan. it was mandatory evacuation and it was built on a landfill. all of the buildings here, literally sand that was put in here. it's now surrounded by water. you've got the hudson river right here behind me, then now the highway on the other side of where all these buildings are is also completely flooded, up to eight or nine feet. it's above the doors on a lot of the stores we can see there. i want to just pan around a little bit. as you can see, it's dark and this darkness that you're looking at as walter pans over t
erin burnett is there for us standing in the middle of it all. it's gone up even further, i can see, from when i last spoke to you. bring me up to speed. >> reporter: yes, it has. i'll just walk back into it. we're at about just shy, we may have touched 14 feet. 13.88 feet was the last i saw for the total height as i told you before, that is a record. the prior record, just over ten feet set back in 1960 during hurricane donna. literally where i'm standing right now is actually an island....
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i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, seriously, paul ryan? you were proposing the biggest tax overhaul since reagan and you won't give voters details? instead, you tell us that congress will figure it out? now, asked about which loopholes his ticket would close in order to prevent his tax cut from adding to the massive deficit, paul ryan says, i'll quote, we shouldn't be negotiating the details of tax reform in the middle of a campaign. instead, ryan says he'll work with congress to push the tax reform. he tells the wall street what we've learned from experience, mitt's experience as governor, mine doing tax law, is that you don't go to congress and say take it or leave it, here's my plan, pas it. you say here's my framework, my objectives. now, let's figure out together how to accomplish these objectives. now, this isn't the first time we've heard the romney ryan ticket talk about working with congress. >> work together with congress to say okay, what are the various ways we could bring down the deficit? >> we want to do this in front, in th
i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, seriously, paul ryan? you were proposing the biggest tax overhaul since reagan and you won't give voters details? instead, you tell us that congress will figure it out? now, asked about which loopholes his ticket would close in order to prevent his tax cut from adding to the massive deficit, paul ryan says, i'll quote, we shouldn't be negotiating the details of tax reform in the middle of a campaign. instead, ryan says he'll work with congress to...
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"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >> thank you, anderson. it's 11:00 on the east coast and we're live tonight. "outfront" stories of incredible devastation in sandy's aftermath. here in new york city, a truly heartbreaking scene. a fierce and violent fire wiped out rows and rows of homes. the threat that remains. people trapped in their homes, waiting and hoping someone will come. and right now that crane dangling over the manhattan skyline, threatening to crash down. >>> the other side of the storm. a blizzard. we take you where an incredible amount of snow is causing huge problems tonight. let's go "outfront." >>> i'm erin burnett. i want to welcome our viewers around the world tonight. "outfront" tonight, the wrath of sand ooec sandy. devastation as far as the eye can see and the death toll still rising. 33 people in 8 states have lost their lives. over 6 million people in the northeast and mid-atlantic are without power. and the estimated cost of the storm is truly stunning. right now this say very preliminary estimate, it will go higher
"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >> thank you, anderson. it's 11:00 on the east coast and we're live tonight. "outfront" stories of incredible devastation in sandy's aftermath. here in new york city, a truly heartbreaking scene. a fierce and violent fire wiped out rows and rows of homes. the threat that remains. people trapped in their homes, waiting and hoping someone will come. and right now that crane dangling over the manhattan skyline, threatening to...
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i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the buck stops at the white house. cnn has learned that the white house chose to leave out key intelligence from the attack on americans in libya. now, there were three things u.s. intelligence has confirmed to be tree. the attacks were preplanned, terrorist attacks and the work of al-qaeda linked groups. intelligence expert who has worked in the pentagon for two decades tells "outfront" the key information left out of the talking points can only mean the administration is covering something up. u.s. intelligence knew about the al qaeda link within 24 hours of the attacks. and the now infamous comments by susan rice saying the attacks were not preplanned, not the work of terror were four days after that. this does not add up. intelligence committee chairman mike rogers is our exclusive guest, but first, elyse has the latest on the news she's been "outfront" with from the start. you have been breaking this, this latest story about the white house choosing to leave information out. what are your sources saying as to why
i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the buck stops at the white house. cnn has learned that the white house chose to leave out key intelligence from the attack on americans in libya. now, there were three things u.s. intelligence has confirmed to be tree. the attacks were preplanned, terrorist attacks and the work of al-qaeda linked groups. intelligence expert who has worked in the pentagon for two decades tells "outfront" the key information left out of the talking points...
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i'm erin burnett. search and rescue. two days after one of the most devastating storms to hit the east coast of the united states, there's frustration, desperation, fear. people are cold, people are tired and people are hungry. dramatic scenes like this are playing out in new jersey and new york. watch this rescuer from the new york police department lowering himself onto a home in staten island, new york and a resident pulled through the roof and back to safety. police say just this one helicopter rescued five adults and one child yesterday and on the ground there are frantic searches among the most heartbreaking a search for two children ripped from their mother's arms during the storm two nights ago. that one is hard to even talk about. they are still unaccounted for. search and rescue teams spent the day double checking the 110 homes that went up in flames in breezy point, a part of queens in new york, trying to make sure no one else died in the fire and flood and in hoboken, new jersey, the national guard is working
i'm erin burnett. search and rescue. two days after one of the most devastating storms to hit the east coast of the united states, there's frustration, desperation, fear. people are cold, people are tired and people are hungry. dramatic scenes like this are playing out in new jersey and new york. watch this rescuer from the new york police department lowering himself onto a home in staten island, new york and a resident pulled through the roof and back to safety. police say just this one...
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erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next. the scene of devastation in sandy's aftermath. tonight, the death toll rising as we get a clearer picture of the damage across the east coast. we'll take you to a neighborhood wiped out during a fierce fire sparked by sandy. >>> plus, the threats that still remain. a collapsed crane still dangling want to over manhattan. an area where tonight some people are trapped, surrounded by water. >>> and the other side of the storm. a blizzard. we're going to take you to where an incredible amount of snow is causing major problems tonight. let's go "outfront." ♪ >>> good evening, everyone, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the wrath of sandy. when we all opened our eyes this morning after experiencing first-hand the unrelenting power of last night's record-breaking hurricane, the more than light revealed unimaginable destruction in sandy's wake. >> make no mistake about it. this was a devastating storm, maybe the worst that we have ever experienced. >> the level of devastation at the jer
erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next. the scene of devastation in sandy's aftermath. tonight, the death toll rising as we get a clearer picture of the damage across the east coast. we'll take you to a neighborhood wiped out during a fierce fire sparked by sandy. >>> plus, the threats that still remain. a collapsed crane still dangling want to over manhattan. an area where tonight some people are trapped, surrounded by water....
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i'm erin burnett "outfront" tonight. i want to welcome our viewers from around the world who are watching this storm that we've been watching over 1,000 mile area here on the east coast of the united states. affecting about 20% of the united states population. flooding has been the big issue. where i'm standing right now, those of you who are watching the earlier, know the water was up above my knee. we set a record here in lower manhattan, in terms of a storm surge. the record is 13.88 feet, exceeding by almost three feet the record set back in 1960 with hurricane donna. that's just some of the records we've seen as the storm continues to strike across the 1,000-mile area as it continues to head north. in new york, the largest transit system is closed. the stock exchange has been closed. first time since september 11th, 2001. as i mentioned, 11 people confirmed dead across five states as the storm continues. let me bring in marty markowitz. thanks very much for taking the time. can you tell me what you're seeing right n
i'm erin burnett "outfront" tonight. i want to welcome our viewers from around the world who are watching this storm that we've been watching over 1,000 mile area here on the east coast of the united states. affecting about 20% of the united states population. flooding has been the big issue. where i'm standing right now, those of you who are watching the earlier, know the water was up above my knee. we set a record here in lower manhattan, in terms of a storm surge. the record is...
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erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> knowingly wrong and out of date. that describes the intelligence give p as talking points to government officials days after the attack in libya. is there any way this could add up? mike rogers is "outfront" tonight. plus, the l word. that's what both candidates are being called. liars. is this what we should expect wednesday night? and the attack was detected and foiled, but it was on our top secret nuclear trigger. let's dpo "outfront." "outfront" tonight, the buck stops at the white house. cnn has learned that the white house chose to leave out key intelligence from the attack on americans in libya. now, there were three things u.s. intelligence has confirmed to be tree. the attacks were preplanned, terrorist attacks and the work of al-qaeda linked groups. intelligence expert who has worked in the pentagon for two decades tells "outfront" the key information left out of the talking points can only mean the administration is covering something up. u.s. intelligence knew about the link within 24 hours of the attacks
erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> knowingly wrong and out of date. that describes the intelligence give p as talking points to government officials days after the attack in libya. is there any way this could add up? mike rogers is "outfront" tonight. plus, the l word. that's what both candidates are being called. liars. is this what we should expect wednesday night? and the attack was detected and foiled, but it was on our top secret nuclear trigger....
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erin burnett was up to her waist in water at one stage. that clearly has receded but i'm hearing mayor bloomberg this morning sounding apocalyptic about the worst ever power outages, the worst ever subway damage, generally the worst ever storm that new york had ever seen. the subway's 108 years old. what kind of condition do we think it's now in? >> reporter: well, that's really a tough question to answer. the transit authority officials can't even give us an answer about that because they haven't pumped all the water out to inspect all the damage that might have been done. they're saying it could take days for some tunnels to be pumped out, could be hours for other tunnels to be pumped out. but all of that water, millions and millions of gallons of it, has to be pumped out before they can get in there and inspect everything and then they have to see what kind of replacement equipment that has to be brought in, what has to be repaired. it's going to be a very long and slow process. think about this. there are seven tunnels that go under th
erin burnett was up to her waist in water at one stage. that clearly has receded but i'm hearing mayor bloomberg this morning sounding apocalyptic about the worst ever power outages, the worst ever subway damage, generally the worst ever storm that new york had ever seen. the subway's 108 years old. what kind of condition do we think it's now in? >> reporter: well, that's really a tough question to answer. the transit authority officials can't even give us an answer about that because...
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erin burnett joining me from new york. good to have you on. >> good to see you, brooke. >> with the assassination of chris stevens, u.s. ambassador, looks like that could be an issue in the election. should mitt romney make it one? >> that's the question, brooke. as you know politico's done some great reporting as there's real tension in the romney camp as to capitalize on the issue or just stay on the economy. it's the economy, stupid. but obviously the attack in libya has become a hugely politicized issue. you can see it from both sides. today the chairman of the house oversight committee came out with a letter saying that the united states government had denied repeated requests for more security at the consulate in benghazi and listing 13 incidents that had happened over the past six months that he thinks were warning signs that were ignored. so he's going ahead with that. and he's going to bring congress back to have hearings next week on this issue. no question this has become a political issue and in terms of hearin
erin burnett joining me from new york. good to have you on. >> good to see you, brooke. >> with the assassination of chris stevens, u.s. ambassador, looks like that could be an issue in the election. should mitt romney make it one? >> that's the question, brooke. as you know politico's done some great reporting as there's real tension in the romney camp as to capitalize on the issue or just stay on the economy. it's the economy, stupid. but obviously the attack in libya has...
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. >> stephanie: he's saying you can see the dead stare in erin burnett's eyes as she says why the [ bleep ] are we bothering? please say there is a war we can be sent to. >> anything that comes up, it is like wait a minute, voter fraud? oh, thank god. oh good. some other reason to live to the next day. >> stephanie: you say either way though, there's nothing else to say. not with most swing states in obama's camp. behaving awkwardly. making ads where he sounds like he's the most sincere used car salesman in history. and yet, chris christie says there is going to be -- it is going to change the whole narrative wednesday night. >> i love it that the campaign begins anew wednesday night. we're shaking the etch-a-sketch one more time here. yeah. just hearing about romney's debate prep just is so depressing. >> stephanie: i know. >> not only that he's had zingers written for him but that he's practicing them on his staff since august. >> stephanie: they've let that leak out so now it seems even more pathetic. >> how many suicides have there been on the staff? >> stephanie: i'm precringing alre
. >> stephanie: he's saying you can see the dead stare in erin burnett's eyes as she says why the [ bleep ] are we bothering? please say there is a war we can be sent to. >> anything that comes up, it is like wait a minute, voter fraud? oh, thank god. oh good. some other reason to live to the next day. >> stephanie: you say either way though, there's nothing else to say. not with most swing states in obama's camp. behaving awkwardly. making ads where he sounds like he's the...
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see you tonight 7:00 eastern, "erin burnett out front." see you then. meantime let's go to washington and wolf blitzer. thanks so much for watching me. i'm brooke baldwin. your "the situation room" begins right now. >>> thanks, brooke. happening now, a new poll has bad news for mitt romney when it comes to one of the country's most important groups of voters. tomorrow night won't be the first time romney and the president have come face-to-face, but you may be surprised at how seldom they've actually met. and the former speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, she's here in "the situation room" live this hour. i'll ask her about the democrats' chances of taking back control of the house of representatives. i'm wolf blitzer. your in "the situation room." >>> we're down to just 35 days until the actual presidential election exactly five weeks from today. here's where the race may be decided. we're getting our first look inside the debate hall over at the university of denver. barack obama and mitt romney, they are getting ready to face-off tomorrow night. and
see you tonight 7:00 eastern, "erin burnett out front." see you then. meantime let's go to washington and wolf blitzer. thanks so much for watching me. i'm brooke baldwin. your "the situation room" begins right now. >>> thanks, brooke. happening now, a new poll has bad news for mitt romney when it comes to one of the country's most important groups of voters. tomorrow night won't be the first time romney and the president have come face-to-face, but you may be...
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erin burnett is with the focus group over at the university of denver. joining us now. tell us about this focus group. >> wolf, these are people -- look, anyone who is watching, busy, taking time out of your lives to watch this. imagine taking the time to sit in person and dial test this, every word that these candidates say. these are people who are passionate about voting but undecided. a small group of americans very important to sdigd the election. wolf says they are undecided. the other thing about this group of people that matters, how many of you are going to vote? every single one. every single one and every voter, we have 39 people in this rote, 21 women, 18 men. let me tell you about them. they are a cross section, teachers in here, people who are unemployed and looking for work, we have entrepreneurs and small business owners, people who work in health care, retired people. every single issue that will come up tonight in this debate, focused on the economy, health care, domestic policy, is something that people in this room care passionately about. they will
erin burnett is with the focus group over at the university of denver. joining us now. tell us about this focus group. >> wolf, these are people -- look, anyone who is watching, busy, taking time out of your lives to watch this. imagine taking the time to sit in person and dial test this, every word that these candidates say. these are people who are passionate about voting but undecided. a small group of americans very important to sdigd the election. wolf says they are undecided. the...
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burnett was speaking with top campaign officials that top of the hour, as well. erin, give oslittle sense of what's going on. >> interesting, wolf, you used the word evolving. stephanie cutter, the deputy campaign manager for the president to find out her take on his performance and what the campaign is going to do about it. i was with a focus group last night and even at the end when some decided they were going to vote for the president and some were going to vote for governor romney, it was unbelievable the dial test on trustworthness, likability, strength, character for mitt romney all surged. they did not plunge for the president, but surged for mitt romney. we'll talk to her about that. you know, wolf, everyone was talking about the money surge. some top republican surrogates have been trying to tweet out about how much money they were raising and how it started last night during the actual debate and we'll be joined by the top two super pacs one for governor romney and the money flow that happened today. that's all coming up at the top of the hour. >> look
burnett was speaking with top campaign officials that top of the hour, as well. erin, give oslittle sense of what's going on. >> interesting, wolf, you used the word evolving. stephanie cutter, the deputy campaign manager for the president to find out her take on his performance and what the campaign is going to do about it. i was with a focus group last night and even at the end when some decided they were going to vote for the president and some were going to vote for governor romney,...
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>>> cnn's coverage of hurricane sandy continues at the top of the hour with erin burnett "out front." erin's on the streets of new york where it's been pretty bad and sounds bad right now. erin, where exactly are you? >> kate, right now we're standing at empire park and part of the city that's evacuated. i'm covering my eyes because it's like little pieces of rock with the wind coming. but part of the reason why the area is evacuated is it's a landfall and i want to show you the water. we are not quite at high tide right now. this is going to come over the edge here. this is a record for this area. record storm surge here about 10 1/2 feet for this area and right now the national weather service is telling us they expect it to go up to 12 feet or perhaps beyond. pretty incredible when you look at the super storm and new york. the world financial system, just a few blocks from new york stock exchange. as well as from the world trade center site and of course, this is the first time since september 11th that the new york stock exchange closed voluntarily and they're going to be closed f
>>> cnn's coverage of hurricane sandy continues at the top of the hour with erin burnett "out front." erin's on the streets of new york where it's been pretty bad and sounds bad right now. erin, where exactly are you? >> kate, right now we're standing at empire park and part of the city that's evacuated. i'm covering my eyes because it's like little pieces of rock with the wind coming. but part of the reason why the area is evacuated is it's a landfall and i want to...